HIKVISION DS-4216HFVI, DS-4208HFVI, DS-4216HCI User Manual

DS-42xxHCI/HFVI Series Audio/Video

Compression Card

User Manual

Version 4.4

2009-05-23

Model

DS-4216HFVI

DS-4208HFVI

DS-4216HCI

Hikvision Technical Manual

Notices

The information in this documentation is subject to change without notice and does not

represent any commitment on b ehalf of HIKV ISION. HIKVISION disclaims any liability

whatsoever for incorrect data that may appear in this documentation. The product(s) described

in this documentation are furnished subject to a license and may only be used in accordance

with the terms and conditions of such license.

This documentation is issued in strict confidence and is to be used only for the

purposes for which it is supplied. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form,

or by any means or be used for any other purpose without prior written consent of HIKVISION

and then only on the condition that this notice is included in any such reproduction. No

information as to the contents or subject matter of this documentation, or any part thereof, or

arising directly or indirectly therefrom, sh all be given orally or in writing or shall be

communicate d in any manner whatsoever to any third party being an individual, firm, or

company or any employee thereof without the prior writte n consent of HIKVISION. Use of this

product is subject to acceptance of the HIKVISION agreement required to use this product.

HIKV ISION reserves the right to make changes to its products as circumstances may warrant,

without notice.

This documentation is provided “as-is,” without warranty of any kind.

Please send any comments regarding the documentation to:

overseabusin ess@hik vision.com

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Contents

Chapter 1 Product Description......................................................................................... 1

1.1. Product Description........................................................................................ 1

1.2. Technical Specification ................................................................................... 3

1.3. Product Features ........................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2 Product Performance ...................................................................................... 5

Chapter 3 Compatible Software/ Hardware Configuration ................................................ 6

3.1. Operating System .......................................................................................... 6

3.2. CPU and Motherboard ................................................................................... 8

3.3. System Memory ............................................................................................. 8

3.4. Display Adapter.............................................................................................. 8

3.5. Power Supply................................................................................................. 8

Chapter 4 Driver Installation ............................................................................................ 9

Chapter 5 Cable Connection & Pin Definition................................................................. 11

5.1. DS-4216HFVI Accessory and Connection .................................................... 11

5.2. DS-4216HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition ............................................ 12

5.3. DS-4208HFVI Accessory and Connection .................................................... 15

5.4. DS-4208HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition ............................................ 16

5.5. DS-4216HCI Accessories and Connection ................................................... 18

5.6. DS-4216HCI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition .............................................. 19

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Chapter 1 Product Description

1.1. Product Description

DS-42xxHCI/HFVI series card is one of HIKVISION’s ne w generation audio & video

compression products. It adopts high performance video processing chip with low power

consumption, and can be used for real time audio & video capturing and encoding. A

PC-DVR system can be constructed via application software with functions of video

streaming and storage. The DS-42xx series card includes models as DS-4216HCI, DS-4208HFVI, DS-4216HFVI, etc.

Card Model Description

Product Snapshot

DS-4216HFVI

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DS-4208HFVI

DS-4216HCI

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Model

DS-4216HCI

DS-4208HFVI

DS-4216HFVI

Dimensions (mm)

162*101

213x101

PCI Standard

PCI 2.2

Video Compression

H.264(MPEG-4/part10)

Video Input

16ch

8ch

16ch

Video Input Interface

BNC (1.0Vp-p, 75Ω)

Video Standard

PAL/NTSC

Live Vie w Re solution

4CIF

Playback Resolution

CIF/QCIF

4CIF/2CIF/CIF /QCIF

Frame Rate

1/16~25 F/S(PAL), 1/16~30 F/S(NTSC)

Video Recording Bit Rate

32k ~2M (CIF), 32k ~4M (4CIF) (Unit:bps)

Audio Compression

G.711 A-law

Audio Input

16ch, mono

8ch, mono

16ch, mono

Audio Input Interface

BNC (2Vp-p, 1kΩ, volume adjust range: 83DB)

Sampling Rate

8KHz

Audio Recording Bit Rate

64kbps

Power Consumption

<8.5w

<7w

<14w

1.2. Technical Specification

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1.3. Product Features

 Clear and vivid live view/playback under high image resolution

 Real time encoding

 Extra-low power consumption and high stability  Support multiple cards plugged in PC (support up to 40ch camera input for 1 PC)

 User-adjustable frame structure (I/P frame structure)

 User-adjustable image quality and bit rate

 User-adjustable video brightness/hue/contrast

 Built-in motion detect  Support OSD, LOGO and mask area settings

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Chapter 2 Product Performance

 DS-4216HFVI

Support 16ch 4CIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF real time encoding

*Support up to 16ch 4CIF (main stream) +16ch CIF (sub stream) encoding on dual

stream mode

 DS-4208HFVI:

Support 8ch 4CIF/2CIF/CIF/QCIF real time encoding

*Support up to 8ch 4CIF (main stream) + 8ch CIF (sub stream) encoding on dual

stream mode

 DS-4216HCI

Support 16 channel CIF/QCIF real time encoding

*Support up to 16ch CIF (main stream) +16ch CIF(sub stream) encoding on dual

stream mode

Notice

1. All the recording performance testing is done under normal office scene with color

camera input, and the recording performance may differ according to the surveillance

scene:

1) DS-4208HFVI / DS-4216HFVI (Performance of each DSP):

8ch 4CIF real time encoding at 4Mbps/channel

2) DS-4216HCI (Performance of each DSP):

16ch CIF real time encoding at 2Mbps/channel

2. Please kindly refer to the website or contact technical support for the latest updated info

of card performance.

3. Recording performance may be slightly different according to the card number and hard

disk read/write efficiency of the system.

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Chapter 3 Compatible Software/

Hardware Configuration

3.1. Operating System

It is suggested to use Windows 2000 Pro + SP4 or Windows XP + SP2 with DirectX version 8.1 or above. Card driver and SDK which support Windows Vista or Linux OS will

be released in future.

For Windows 2003 OS, please kindly follow the below operation steps:

1. Right click on Windows Desktop-> Select ―Properties‖ ->Settings-> Advanced->

Troubleshoot->and drag ―Hardware Acceleration‖ to ―Full‖.

2. Click ―Start‖-> ―Run‖ of Windows task bar, input ―dxdiag‖ and enter DirectX diagnosing

program. Please check if DirectX version is above 8.1. If yes, please kindly refer to

step 3; if not, please upgrade it to version higher than 8.1 first.

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3. Enable ―DirectDraw‖ and ―Direct3D‖ options in the ―Display‖ column.

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3.2. CPU and Motherboard

It is suggested to use motherboard with Intel P3, C4, P4, Core2, Core4 CPU.

And it is suggested that users use motherboard from reliable manufactures such as

Intel, Asus, Gigabyte, Microstar, etc.

3.3. System Memory

512M or more, suggested 1G

Notice:

Larger m emory size is required when the card number installed in the PC increases.

3.4. Display Adapter

To support high resolution live view/ record function of the card, it is suggested to use

a high performance display adapter. Please kindly refer to the list below for tested models

of compatible display adapters. Please notice that the driver of these display adapter must support BLT function.

ATI Radeon X1650/X1600 /X1550/X1300/X800/X600/X550/HD2400/HD2600

ATI Radeon 7000/7200/7500/8500 /9000/9200 /9500/9600

NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT/8500GT/8400GS/7600/7300LE/6600LE/6200LE

Nvidia Tnt/Tnt2, Geforce Mx 200/400/420/440 Fx5200/5600

INTEL845G/865G/ 915/945G/G31 integrated display unit

MatroxG450/550

3.5. Power Supply

400W or above

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Chapter 4 Driver Installation

To install the card to your PC, please kindly follow these steps below:

1. Insert the card into an empty PCI slot.

2. Turn on your PC and start Windows.

3. Windows Hardware Wizard detects this newly installed card and appears

automatically. Please ignore the wizard window and keep on the following steps.

4. Locate to the folder of DS-40xxHCI Driver, run the Driver Install.exe, and then the

Driver Install dialog box will be displayed as below:

5. Click ―Install or Update Driver‖ to install/update the driver, and a Windows dialog

box will popup as below :

6. Click ―Continue Anyway‖ to continue the hardware installation. If there is more than

one card inserted in the PC or more than one DSP in one card, the operation system

will remind you of repeating the above process.

7. When the installation is done, this message will appear: Driver Installed

Successfully!

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After ―Driver install success‖ message popup during driver installation, there will be

―Hikvision DS42xx Series‖ displayed in the list ―Sound, Video and Game Controller‖ of

Windows Device Manager as below. The total number of this item is equal to the total DSP

number on the cards installed inside the PC.

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Chapter 5 Cable Connection & Pin

Definition

5.1. DS-4216HFVI Accessory and Connection

8ch video /2ch audio connection cable (2 units for each card)

Description: VID1~VID8 stand for ―video 1 ~ video 8‖ when connected to DB1, or ―video 9~video 16‖

when connected to DB2;

AID1, AID2 stand for ―audio 1~audio 2‖ when connected to DB1, or ―audio 3~audio 4‖

when connected to DB2.

12ch audio connection cable and installation adapter (1 unit for each card)

Description:

AID5~AID16 stand for ―audio 5~audio 16‖

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DB1

video 1~video 8; audio 1, audio 2

DB2

video 9~video 16; audio 3, audio 4

JP2

audio 5~audio 16

DB2 DB1

JP2

DB6 DB5

DB4 DB3

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5.2. DS-4216HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition

Each DS-4216HFVI card is with 2 DB 15-pin female connectors (labeled DB1 and DB2),

and each DB15 connector supports 8ch video input and 2ch audio input.

On the card there is also a connector labeled JP2 for an e xtra 12ch audio input via a n

audio connection cable.

DB1 DB2

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DB1

DB2

JP2

1

Video1

1

Video9

1

Audio5

2

Video2

2

Video10

2

GND

3

Video3

3

Video11

3

Audio6

4

Video4

4

Video12

4

GND

5

Video5

5

Video13

5

Audio7

6

Video6

6

Video14

6

GND

7

Video7

7

Video15

7

Audio8

8

Video8

8

Video16

8

GND

9

Audio1

9

Audio3

9

Audio9

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

11

GND

11

GND

11

Audio10

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

13

GND

13

GND

13

Audio11

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

15

Audio 2

15

Audio 4

15

Audio12

16

GND

17

Audio13

18

GND

19

Audio14

20

GND

21

Audio15

22

GND

23

Audio16

24

GND

25

GND

Pin 2, 4, 6 ………………………24 (JP2)

Pin 1, 3, 5 …………………………..25 (JP2)

Pin Definition for DB1, DB2, JP2

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DB3

DB4

DB5

DB6

1

Video1

1

Video5

1

Video9

1

Video13

2

GND

2

GND

2

GND

2

GND

3

Video2

3

Video6

3

Video10

3

Video14

4

GND

4

GND

4

GND

4

GND

5

Video3

5

Video7

5

Video11

5

Video15

6

GND

6

GND

6

GND

6

GND

7

Video4

7

Video8

7

Video12

7

Video16

8

GND

8

GND

8

GND

8

GND

9

Audio1

9

Audio5

9

Audio9

9

Audio13

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

11

Audio2

11

Audio6

11

Audio10

11

Audio14

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

13

Audio3

13

Audio7

13

Audio11

13

Audio15

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

15

Audio4

15

Audio8

15

Audio12

15

Audio16

16

GND

16

GND

16

GND

16

GND

Pin1, 3, 5 ………………15(DB3)

Pin1, 3, 5 ………………15(DB4)

Pin 2, 4, 6 ……………16(DB5)

Pin2, 4, 6 …………… 16(DB6)

Users can are also input video/audio via the on-board pins DB3, DB4, DB5 and DB6.

Pin2, 4, 6 ………………….16(DB3) Pin2, 4, 6 ………………..16(DB4)

Pin1, 3, 5 …………………15(DB5) Pin1, 3, 5 ………………...15(DB6)

Pin Definition for DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6

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DB1

video 1~video 4; audio 1~audio 4

DB2

video 5~video 8; audio 5~audio 8

DB1

DB2

DB4 DB3

5.3. DS-4208HFVI Accessory and Connection

4ch video /4ch audio connection cable (2 units for each card)

Description: VID1~VID4 stand for ―video 1~video 4‖ when connected to DB1, and ―video 5~video 8‖

when connected to DB2;

AID1~AID4 stand for ―audio 1~audio 4‖ when connected to DB1, and ―audio 5~audio 8‖

when connected to DB2.

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DB1

DB2

1

Video1

1

Video5

2

Video2

2

Video6

3

Video3

3

Video7

4

Video4

4

Video8

5

Audio1

5

Audio5

6

Audio2

6

Audio6

7

Audio3

7

Audio7

8

Audio4

8

Audio8

9

GND

9

GND

10

GND

10

GND

11

GND

11

GND

12

GND

12

GND

13

GND

13

GND

14

GND

14

GND

15

GND

15

GND

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5.4. DS-4208HFVI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition

Each DS-4208HFVI card is with 2 DB 15-pin female connectors (labeled DB1 and

DB2), and each DB15 connector supports 4ch video input and 4ch audio input.

DB1 DB2

Pin Definition for DB1& DB2

Users can also input video/audio via the on-board pins DB3 and DB4.

Pin2, 4, 6 ……………………16 (DB3) Pin2, 4, 6 …………………16 (DB4)

Pin1, 3, 5 ……………………15 (DB3) Pin1, 3, 5 ………………….15 (DB4)

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DB3

DB4

1

Video1

1

Video5

2

GND

2

GND

3

Video2

3

Video6

4

GND

4

GND

5

Video3

5

Video7

6

GND

6

GND

7

Video4

7

Video8

8

GND

8

GND

9

Audio1

9

Audio5

10

GND

10

GND

11

Audio2

11

Audio6

12

GND

12

GND

13

Audio3

13

Audio7

14

GND

14

GND

15

Audio4

15

Audio8

16

GND

16

GND

Pin Definition for DB3& DB4

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5.5. DS-4216HCI Accessories and Connection

8ch video+2ch audio connection cable (2 units for each card)

Description:

VID1~VID8 stand for ―video 1 ~ video 8‖ or ―video 9~video 16‖ ;

AID1, AID2 stand for ―audio 1~audio 2‖ or ―audio 3~audio 4‖

12ch audio connection cable and installation adapter (1 unit for each card)

Description: AID5~AID16 stand for ―audio 5~audio 16‖

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DB1

video 1~video 8; audio 1, audio 2

DB2

video 9~video 16; audio 3, audio 4

JP2

audio 5~audio 16

DB1

DB2 JP2

DB4 DB3

DB6 DB5

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5.6. DS-4216HCI Video/Audio Input Pin Definition

Each DS-4216HCI card is with 2 DB 15-pin female connectors (labeled DB1 and DB2),

and each DB15 connector supports 8ch video input and 2ch audio input.

DB1 DB2

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DB1

DB2

JP2

1

Video1

1

Video9

1

Audio5

2

Video2

2

Video10

2

GND

3

Video3

3

Video11

3

Audio6

4

Video4

4

Video12

4

GND

5

Video5

5

Video13

5

Audio7

6

Video6

6

Video14

6

GND

7

Video7

7

Video15

7

Audio8

8

Video8

8

Video16

8

GND

9

Audio1

9

Audio3

9

Audio9

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

11

GND

11

GND

11

Audio10

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

13

GND

13

GND

13

Audio11

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

15

Audio 2

15

Audio 4

15

Audio12

16

GND

17

Audio13

18

GND

19

Audio14

20

GND

21

Audio15

22

GND

23

Audio16

24

GND

25

GND

Pin 2, 4, 6 ………………………24 (JP2)

On the card there is also a connector labeled JP2 for an e xtra 12ch audio input via an

audio connection cable.

Pin 1, 3, 5 …………………………..25(JP2)

Pin Definition for DB1, DB2, JP2

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DB3

DB4

DB5

DB6

1

Video1

1

Video5

1

Video9

1

Video13

2

GND

2

GND

2

GND

2

GND

3

Video2

3

Video6

3

Video10

3

Video14

4

GND

4

GND

4

GND

4

GND

5

Video3

5

Video7

5

Video11

5

Video15

6

GND

6

GND

6

GND

6

GND

7

Video4

7

Video8

7

Video12

7

Video16

8

GND

8

GND

8

GND

8

GND

9

Audio1

9

Audio5

9

Audio9

9

Audio13

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

10

GND

11

Audio2

11

Audio6

11

Audio10

11

Audio14

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

12

GND

13

Audio3

13

Audio7

13

Audio11

13

Audio15

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

14

GND

15

Audio4

15

Audio8

15

Audio12

15

Audio16

16

GND

16

GND

16

GND

16

GND

Pin1, 3, 5 …………………15(DB3)

Pin1, 3, 5 ……………………15(DB4) Pin2, 4, 6 …………………16(DB5)

Pin 2,4, 6 ………………..… 16(DB6)

Users can also input video/audio via the on-board pins DB3, DB4, DB5 and DB6.

Pin2, 4, 6 ……………………..16(DB3) Pin2, 4, 6 …………………….16 (DB4)

Pin1, 3, 5 …………………15(DB5) Pin1, 3, 5 …………………….15 (DB6)

Pin Definition for DB3, DB4, DB5 and DB6

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